A Kansas City man pleads guilty to charges in a crash that killed another driver in February 2014.

A Kansas City man pleads guilty to charges in a crash that killed another driver in February 2014.

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Updated: 6:25 PM CDT Apr 9, 2015

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WEBVTT AN ARTHRITIS DRUG IN HIS SYSTEM. LEN: MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HE WAS KILLED IN A VIOLENT CRASH, THE FAMILY OF DONALD RIPPY HEARS A MAN TELL A JUDGE THAT HE DID IT. KMBC 9'S MARTIN AUGUSTINE SPOKE WITH RIPPY'S FAMILY OUTSIDE THE PLATTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. MARTIN: 30-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY J. BATTAGLIA FACES 10 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER ADMITTING IN COURT THAT HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH THAT KILLED DONALD RIPPY. I WANT JUSTICE FOR MY HUSBAND. THAT'S ALL I WANT. IT'S JUST TOTALLY DESTROYED MY WORLD. NOTHING'S THE SAME. MARTIN: IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR, BUT LIFE FOR CAROL RIPPY, WILL ALWAYS HAVE, AN UNFILLABLE HOLE AFTER HER HUSBAND DIED WHEN THE DRIVER OF AN SUV PLOWED IN TO THE BACK OF HIS CAR, PARKED ON THE SHOULDER OF 152 HIGHWAY. RIPPY WAS THERE TO HELP HIS GRANDSON, WHOSE CAR HAD BROKEN DOWN. ANTHONY J. BATTAGLIA WAS DRIVING THAT SUV, ADMITTING TO A JUDGE THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF IT WHILE TRAVELING NEARLY 80 MILES AN HOUR AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THREE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS -- TWO HE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR, THE OTHER HE DID NOT. THE COMBINATION IMPAIRING HIS ABILITY TO SAFELY DRIVE. IT ALSO ENDED A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAROL AND DONALD, GOING BACK TO WHEN THEY WERE BARELY TEENAGERS. WE WERE TOGETHER SINCE I WAS 13 AND HE WAS 14. AND HE'S BEEN MY LIFE SINCE I WAS 13. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT HIM. MARTIN: BATTAGLIA RETURNS TO COURT JUNE 11 FOR HIS FORMAL

KC man pleads guilty in vehicular manslaughter case

A Kansas City man pleads guilty to charges in a crash that killed another driver in February 2014.